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<h2>Non-English characters and ligatures</h2>


<p>These commands may be used only in paragraph or LR mode.<br></p>


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    <li><tt>\ae</tt> - small ae ligature (diphthong), &aelig;</li>

    <li><tt>\AE</tt> - capital ae ligature, &AElig;</li>

    <li><tt>\oe</tt> - small oe ligature</li>

    <li><tt>\OE</tt> - capital OE ligature</li>

    <li><tt>\aa</tt> - small a, ring, &aring;</li>

    <li><tt>\AA</tt> - capital A, ring, &Aring;</li>

    <li><tt>\o</tt> - small o, slash, &oslash;</li>

    <li><tt>\O</tt> - capital O, slash, &Oslash;</li>

    <li><tt>\ss</tt> - German sz ligature, &szlig;</li>

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<h3>Non-English punctuation</h3>


<p>An inverted "question mark" is made by <tt>?`</tt>. It will

    also be generated by a <tt>&gt;</tt> in text mode.</p>


<p>An inverted "exclamation point" is made by <tt>!`</tt>. It

    will also be generated by a <tt>&lt;</tt> in text mode.</p>


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<p>Related topics:</p>


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    <li><a href="ltx-401.html">Accents</a></li>

    <li><a href="ltx-405.html">Greek letters</a></li>

    <li><a href="ltx-407.html">Miscellaneous symbols</a></li>

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